Object number1991.22.9
Untitled, from The Atelier Project 1983-1986
Date1986
Artist
George McNeil
(American, 1908-1995)
CultureAmerican
MediumFlatbed offset lithography on Arches cover paper
EditionEdition 3 of 84
DimensionsSheet: 21 3/4 x 28 1/4 in. (55.25 x 71.76 cm)
Credit LineGift of Philip and Lynn Straus, class of 1946
Period20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right in pencil: George McNeil
InscribedOn recto, lower right in pencil: [signature], 5/13/86 3/84
MarkingsOn recto, lower left corner [blind stamp]: Visual Arts Division / Center for Editions / Purchase, New York / SUNY Purchase
Vassar Exhibitions
Label TextKnown as an Abstract Expressionist in the 1950s and 1960s, George McNeil began painting figurative work in the 1970s. His energetic and caricature-like style, paired with vibrant colors, portray the disco dancers and punk rockers that he encountered in New York City. Reflecting on his artistic style, McNeil once said that it “seems to demand extremism; to distort, disturb, negate and agitate seems to be the name of the game.” In Untitled, the masklike faces elicit intensified psychological states and emotional intensity.
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Steve Poleskie
1979
Culture: American
